Indeed I do read the comments! With relish!

You know what it is, don’t you, Rally?

Yer sittin’ there imagining all the make-up sex– err, bloggin’ I’ll have to do.

And rightfully so. Could get downright messy.

“Any heat is hot right now.”

Yeah, tell that to my coworkers who insist on keeping this office at, and I’m not shitting you, 26 celsius.

I should just show up for work in dressed in a grass skirt and a lei, while brandishing a coconut filled with a Mai Tai or something.

I’m probably not helping your fantasy-filled moment there.

Dressed in a grass skirt, a lei, and raging violently at the peons all around me. Better?

Aragorn — Yes, methinks you’re failing to realize that “sir” is a typically inocuous form of respectful addressing. :)

It must be this crappy Vancouver weather that is getting to me….any heat is hot right now.

Wait…it could also be the fact I just got a vasectomy and somehow feel empowered and more sexually charged. Bah, who knows.

Speaking of blogs….maybe I should stop neglecting mine.

I think it’s you who’s misattributing quotes! I’m pretty sure she was speaking the dude who originally emailed me, not you…

But correct me if I’m wrong, Beth.

Regards
sir aragorn!

Steff, obedient girl that she is (heh!) did indeed send your letter to me. I stand by my earlier “ass” assessment.

Perhaps if you wrote something coherent, it would have gone down a little easier. But Jesus, man, if you yourself have to say that you don’t know if you’re making any sense, guess what, bub? You’re probably not! Don’t hit the send key!

But in the spirit of fairness, good for you for apologizing to her in your comment. She deserved an apology.

In the future, may I suggest that you refrain from sending people unsolicited concern for how they’re living what you perceive to be their pathetic lives? Unless you’ve achieved perfection, you have no right to judge anyone’s choices.

I have nothing to apologize for. Gawd. And get over the fact that someone called you an ass who doesn’t know you. Me, I think your email probably came from a good place, but if you’re apologizing all the way through for sending something, then don’t fucking send it in the first place. You obviously know you’re crossing an unwanted line, so why go and subject the other person to unasked for, unsolicited advice and commentary?

I could post your message, but you’d get the same response, and I guarantee you, a few others would join in the “you, sir, are an ass” chorus, because it’s simply not cool to subject others to your philosophizing about their existence. All you know about my life is what I’ve allowed you to know, and possibly regrettably I have opened myself too much to the masses, and this is the sort of thing I need to contend with as a result.

Still. It’s my forum, not a forum for the masses. My life’s not broken. Don’t try to fix it. I’m not interested in others trying to offer me Spackle for my less than perfect life, a life that’s no more imperfect than any other. Sheesh.

You say you’re “sorry” all the way through it. How about not doing it, then?

I have never, and will never, post another person’s email in my blog. I won’t waste my time sending it to Beth. Why do you care what others think anyhow? Geez.

And your comment about “why can’t you breathe without expressing yourself” is ridiculous. Every breath we writers take is about expressing ourselves. We live the examined lives. YOU are trying to fix what ain’t broken. Don’t try to insinuate yourself into others’ lives. You’re not necessarily wanted there.

You’re making this harder on yourself. I addressed a tiny little part of your letter, didn’t refer to you in any way that would identify you, and wrote about my reaction, that’s all. Now you’re making it all about you. Get over it.

Anon — Amen.